If those fail, I hope that Governor Bush will consider personally going to the site where Terri is being incarcerated and staying until she is released or until she dies. He should also state publicly many of the indisputable things Michael has done, said, or said that he's done.
I would expect that the majority of people who would favor Michael's "pulling the plug" don't know...
- Michael has promised himself to another woman, with whom he has already moved in and started a family.
- A jury awarded Terri $750,000 for therapy, almost none of which has been spent for that purpose.
- Michael melted down his wife's jewelry and killed his wife's cats within a year of winning the malpractice award, if not before.
- Many doctors who have seen Terri, either in person or on video, have testified or affirmed under oath that there is no way she meets the legal definition of PVS.
- [fact-check me on this]The only doctors who have testified that Terri is PVS are associated with the Hemlock society.
- Terri's lawyer makes a habit of having people starved to death, and has even written a book about it.
- Terri's parents have filed a guardianship challenge in 2002, which Judge Greer has to date refused to hear.
- Judge Greer has allowed Michael to miss two scheduled depositions, without rescheduling them and without holding him in contempt.
- Judge Greer has never visited Terri Schiavo in person.
- Judge Greer has refused to allow a direct challege to Michael's guardianship authority on the basis that such challenges could only be filed by people with no other remedy available, and that since Terri's parents had the right to file a guardianship challenge, they didn't qualify.
- A feeding tube is not an external device to which a patient must remain confined and connected. It is nothing more than a second mouth.
- Michael, Felos, and Greer have refused to allow any testing to see if Terri could take food or fluids by mouth, despite the fact that when she was allowed to do so she was capable.
I could go on, but all of the above [except maybe #5, which could be checked] would be matters of public record. I doubt that very many people who knew these facts would believe Michael to be a credible witness as to his wife's wishes, or Judge Greer to be an impartial finder of fact.